أَمينَةُ يا بِنتِيَ الغالِيَه

أُهَنّيكِ بِالسَنَةِ الثانِيَه

Amina, my dear daughter

I congratulate you on your second year

وَأَسأَلُ أَن تَسلَمي لي السِنينَ

وَأَن تُرزَقي العَقلَ وَالعافِيَه

And I ask that you live long years for me

And that you be granted wisdom and wellness

وَأَن تُقسَمي لِأَبَرِّ الرِجالِ

وَأَن تَلِدي الأَنفُسَ العالِيَه

And that you are destined for the best of men

And that you give birth to noble souls

وَلَكِن سَأَلتُكِ بِالوالِدَينِ

وَناشَدتُكِ اللُعَبَ الغالِيَه

But I asked you for the sake of your parents

And implored you for the sake of your precious toys

أَتَدرينَ ما مَرَّ مِن حادِثٍ

وَما كانَ في السَنَةِ الماضِيَه

Do you know what has happened of events

And what was in the past year

وَكَم بُلتِ في حُلَلٍ مِن حَريرٍ

وَكَم قَد كَسَرتِ مِنَ الآنِيَه

And how many silk dresses were worn out on you

And how many pots you have broken

وَكَم سَهَرَت في رِضاكِ الجُفونُ

وَأَنتِ عَلى غَضَبٍ غافِيَه

And how many nights the eyelids were sleepless for your consent

While you were sleeping angrily

وَكَم قَد خَلَت مِن أَبيكِ الجُيوبُ

وَلَيسَت جُيوبُكِ بِالخالِيَه

And how empty your father's pockets have become

While yours are not empty

وَكَم قَد شَكا المُرَّ مِن عَيشِهِ

وَأَنتِ وَحَلواكِ في ناحِيَه

And how many sick have complained of their living

While you and your sweets are in a corner

وَكَم قَد مَرِضتِ فَأَسقَمتِهِ

وَقُمتِ فَكُنتِ لَهُ شافِيَه

And how often you fell ill and made him ill

And you stood up and were a healer for him

وَيَضحَكُ إِن جِئتِهِ تَضحَكينَ

وَيَبكي إِذا جِئتِهِ باكِيَه

He laughs if you come to him laughing

And cries if you come to him crying

وَمِن عَجَبٍ مَرَّتِ الحادِثاتُ

وَأَنتِ لِأَحدَثِها ناسِيَه

And it is amazing how events have passed

While you are oblivious to the latest of them

فَلَو حَسَدَت مُهجَةٌ وُلدَها

حَسَدتُكِ مِن طِفلَةٍ لاهِيَه

If a mother envied her child

She would envy you, a carefree toddler